Man Shoots, Kills Stepson As Youth Leaves Church

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January 17, 2000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A man shot his stepson as the boy was leaving church services Sunday with his family, police said. Cedric Crutcher, 17, died hours later at a local hospital. Witnesses said 41-year-old Byron Bonner was waiting in the parking lot when Cedric left Northwest Church of Christ about noon. The two exchanged words, and Bonner allegedly shot Cedric several times, with one shot striking the youth in the back of the head. Bonner fled the scene but surrendered at the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham at 9:10 p.m. Sunday.